14 Questions To Spark Conversations With Your Kids

What was the best thing that happened today?

Despite spending more than eight hours a day with their children, most parents in the UK are only chatting to their kids for a grand total of 44 minutes in every 24 hours, according to a Fruittella study.

A statistic which may sound shocking, but when you break it down you can start to see how we all might be guilty of this in our own family.

As the study found on average that parents and children spoke for nine minutes before school, fourteen minutes after school, eleven minutes at dinner, and ten minutes at bedtime.

Sound familiar?

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So if you are worried that you’re not getting enough quality time with your family, even when you’re in the same house or car, you might need to try a new approach.

Many of us ask our kids the same questions - ‘how was school today?’ - every day, so its no wonder we often just get grunts in reply.